Couple dies after car drifts off Highway 4, into canal

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Mar 25, 2013 at 1:35 PMMar 25, 2013 at 1:35 PM

VICTORIA ISLAND – A man and woman died after their vehicle apparently drifted off Highway 4 west of the Old River Bridge into an irrigation canal just before 10 a.m. today, the California Highway Patrol reported.

VICTORIA ISLAND – A man and woman died after their vehicle apparently drifted off Highway 4 west of the Old River Bridge into an irrigation canal just before 10 a.m. today, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Both the man, 68, driving a 2002 silver Toyota, and his female passenger, 56, were from Somerset in El Dorado County and were pronounced dead at the scene. Their names are being withheld until family members can be notified. The cause of death remains to be determined, but both occupants were wearing seat belts, CHP Officer Adam Shelton reported.

The Toyota was traveling at approximately 55 miles per hour eastbound on Highway 4 when it drifted off the south edge of the roadway east of Victoria Island Farms, flipped and landed upside down in the ditch that held about 3 feet of water, according to the CHP.

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